they're now known as el confederatos. it would be great if they headed that way, too. >> one last question to james peterson. what number would you get scared? where are you on this, on secession. you say 100,000 is nothing. >> listen, the city of austin is trying to secede from the state of texas, right? >> that's a good move. >> there's people in all of these states we're talking about. no number that will scare me because either they ultimately sec seed or come to their senses and see we're greater as a union. >> they're going nowhere. enjoy your turkey. >> the chairman ruled against secession. thank you for coming in. coming up, the right wing conspiracy machine gains speed. read all about it. president obama, catch this, this gets worse tonight, stole the election. wait until you hear that election. the "sideshow" where that belongs is next . >>> welcome back to "hardball." time for the "sideshow," which is where this item belongs. dean chambers who launched the website unskewed pulse to show mitt romney actually won